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After WWII, West Germany really did ideologically refound itself on the idea of

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\u201cYikes, let\u2019s make absolutely sure fascism never comes back, let\u2019s also make absolutely sure the threat of communist revolution that (regrettably justified as necessary/was cynically used as a pretext for, depending on individual politics) fascism never comes back\u201d

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Then East Germany merged in with its particular streams of \u201cYikes, without fascism you end up with communism, so full speed ahead\u201d and \u201cYikes, without communism you end up with fascism, so full speed ahead\u201d, that\u2019s an interesting tension that hasn\u2019t resolved yet.

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